Resource October 10, 2019

Meet the Journalist: Hugh Kinsella Cunningham

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A venomous snake in the DRC. Image by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham. Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2019.
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Doctors without BordersConflict and corruption have crippled the health infrastructure of the...

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Patrick Atelo displays a live mamba on his fishing spear on the river Ruki after it had been spotted too close for comfort to the village. Image by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham. Congo, 2019.
Patrick Atelo displays a live mamba on his fishing spear on the river Ruki after it had been spotted too close for comfort to the village. Image by Hugh Kinsella Cunningham. Congo, 2019.

Amidst the swathes of forest that cover the country, and behind the headlines of war and Ebola, the Democratic Republic of Congo is at the forefront of a hidden health crisis. With vast jungles home to numerous species of venomous snakes, Congo is a hotspot of injury and death from snakebite envenomation, an issue highlighted by the World Health Organisation and Médecins Sans Frontières as a neglected crisis for Africa.

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